Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I

   The Marina Alta is the northern Costa Blanca at its most mixed: villas on every slope, a ribbon of coast running from Moraira to Jávea, and just behind it, farm terraces, dry stone walls and small rock shelters where prehistoric people left their mark. The Cova de la Catxupa, near Teulada and Benitachell, is one of them, a shelter in the hills a few kilometres from the sea, listed with the other Mediterranean rock art of the Iberian Peninsula.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Penya de Benicadell.

2. 2. Penya de Benicadell

   From almost anywhere in the southern half of Valencia province you can see it: a long, jagged ridge of grey limestone with a sharp tooth at its eastern end, standing on the skyline like a broken saw. The Benicadell, at 1,104 metres, separates the Vall d'Albaida to the north from the Comtat to the south, and the sharp summit, the Penya, is the mountain's signature. At its foot lie the villages of Beniarrés, Ràfol de Salem and Otos.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Penya de Benicadell comes up about 74 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.

3. 3. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia

   Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   about 152 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia. Next is back through Penya de Benicadell.

4. 4. back through Penya de Benicadell

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Penya de Benicadell write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   back through Penya de Benicadell, late in the day. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.

5. 5. Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back at Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I. That is the ride.